Stove-support.



N0.'888,()57. PATENTED DEC. 11, 19-06.

C. W. R0 WLBY.

STOVE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, 190a.

19i messes TH: NORRIS PETERS cm, WASHINGTON, n. I;

CHARLES W.'ROWLEY, OF GENEVA, NEW YORK.

STOVE-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Dec. 11, 190 6.

Application filed February 2, 1906. Serial No. 299.147.

"T0 at whom it may concern:

novel form of joint hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation showing one of the legs of the stove and a portion of the skirting fastened together in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing the parts separated, and Fig. 4 is a rear elevation thereof.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 denotes the leg, and 7 the skirting. Tongues 8 extend laterally from the leg, near the top thereof, and fitbehind the skirting when the parts are assembled. The outer ends of the tongues 8 have forwardlyextending ribs or flanges 9, which engage behind ribs 10 on the back of the skirting. At the lower ends of the ribs 10 are ledges 10 on which the lower ends of the ribs 9 are supported. The top of each section of skirting has a laterally-extending tongue 11, which fits behind the leg, and has a lug 12, which engages behind a shoulder 18, made in the rear side of the leg, at the top thereof.

At the lower corner adjacent the leg the skirting has avertical groove 14, at the edge of which is a rib 15. The abutting edge of the leg laps the skirting and has a rib 16, which fits in the groove 14 behind the rib 15. The groove 14 and rib 15 and the rib 16 are slightly wedgeshaped, so that when put together in the manner stated a wedge action results which tends to draw the abutting edges of the leg and skirt together, producing a close and tight joint.

The parts herein described interlock and prevent endwise separation of the, leg and skirting when assembled. The tongues 8 and 11 cross the joint, and their top and bottom edges, respectively, come together, as shown in Fig. 2, which prevents the skirting from dropping down when the stove is in place, and also prevents the legs from spreading. No bolts are required and the parts are firmly secured together.

Upon assembling the parts the leg is held upright on the floor, while the end of the skirting is dropped downwardly to its place adjoining the leg. This same action is carriedon with respect to the second, third, and fourth legs until the whole is united, forming a circle, oval, or square, according to the de sign of the stove supports as a unit. The joint is so constructed that when it is thus put together it is as secure as though it were bolted together, and it may be moved about at will. After the parts are assembled the stove is lifted bodily and placed in position. The joint is so planned that the weight of the stove forces the leg and skirting together, thus making a tight and strong joint. To break the joint, it is necessary only to give the leg and skirting a slight twist with respect to each other to disengage the interlocking ribs, after which the parts readily separate.

I claim- 1. In a stove-support, in combination, a leg and a skirting having laterally-extending tongues which lap the joint on the front and back thereof, and a rib at the end of each tongue which fits behind a projection on the other.

2. In a stovesupport, in combination, a leg and a skirting, the abutting edges of which have each a tongue which laps the joint on opposite faces or sides thereof, and a vertically-extending rib at the end of the tongue of each, fitting within a groove in the other.

3. In a stove-support, in combination, a skirting having ribs on the front and back thereof, and a leg having projecting tongues one of which laps the front of the skirting and the other the back, with ribs at the ends of the tongues engaging behind the ribs on the skirting.

4. In a stove-support, in combination, av leg and a skirting, the back of the skirting having vertically-extending ribs and horizontal ledges at the lower ends thereof, and the leg having lateral tongues extending behind the skirting and engageable with the aforesaid ribs and ledges, a shoulder on the back of the le and a lateral tongue extending from the s irting and behind the leg, and engageable with said shoulder.

5. In a stove-support, in combination, a

leg and a skirting, the back of the skirting from the skirting and behind the leg, and enhaving vertically extending ribs and horigageable with said shoulders. zontal ledges at the lower ends thereof, and In testimony whereof I have signed my the leg having lateral tongues extending be- 1 name to this specification in the presence of 5 hind the skirting and engagleable with the two subscribing witnesses.

aforesaid ribs and ledges t e skirting and leg below the aforesaid tongues overlapping, CHARLES ROWLEY' and having interlocking ribs and grooves, Witnesses: shoulders on the back of the leg above the EDWARD E. RIQKELs,

I 10 aforesaid tongue, and tongues extending JENNIE G. ROWLEY. 

